Keeping Gender a Surprise.... I think?!?!

I had my anatomy scan today and let the tech know we want the gender to be a surprise so she had us look away when she checked the genitals (she said they always look and document the file). She said it was safe to look back and when I looked at the screen, all the photos she had taken were at the bottom of the screen and I’m pretty sure I saw a between the legs shot!

My question is, does anyone know if the tech takes a pic of the genitals for the file? Maybe it was a spine or leg I saw but I don’t think so.... husband saw it too.

Comments (5)

I think it depends on your dr office. With my last one we didn’t find out and the midwife went into my file and deleted out where the us tech had noted the gender. She said they do that so no one will accidentally ruin the surprise. We had a scare at 33 weeks and thought baby would have to come early and the midwife debated checking to see the gender since preemie girls tend to do better. It was all fine though.

We're hoping for a surprise with this one as well. So scared someone is going to blow it on accident for us. I know some people think team green is silly but when your having a scheduled C-section, I want the element of surprise!

We're hoping for a surprise with this one as well. So scared someone is g...

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09/07/2018

We're hoping for a surprise with this one as well. So scared someone is going to blow it on accident for us. I know some people think team green is silly but when your having a scheduled C-section, I want the element of surprise!

Same here!! This is baby #4 and a scheduled c section so I wanted the gender to be a surprise. I’m trying hard to forget what I saw buuuuttt, let’s be honest, that’s impossible.

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